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Eight NCAA Fencing Bids Likely Following Strong Performance at Regionals
March 08, 2009 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
PRINCETON -- Eight Princeton fencers are likely headed to Penn State for the NCAA Championships after strong performances at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Saturday at Drew University in Madison, N.J.
Below are Princeton's results. An asterisk (*) will mark those Tigers likely headed to the NCAA finals, which run from March 19-22. Two at-large bids will be awarded between the country's four regional competitions, and sabreist Thomas Abend is a candidate. The at-large bids will be decided Tuesday. Last season, Princeton took six fencers to the NCAA finals.
Women's epee (32 fencers, six bids):
Susannah Scanlan, 2nd *
Jasjit Bhinder, 5th *
Chandler Clay, 16th
Lauren Clark, 28th
Women's foil (29 fencers, seven bids):
Lucile Jarry, 5th *
Andrea Oliva, 6th *
Rocky Rothenberg, 8th
Karen Petsche, 10th
Ann Gong, 27th
Women's sabre (27 fencers, five bids):
Caroline Merz, 14th
Bianca Cabrera, 15th
Lyuba Docheva, 18th
Men's epee (29 fencers, six bids):
Graham Wicas, 2nd *
Mike Elfassy, 3rd *
Cooper Gegan, 9th
Nathaniel Sulat, 19th
Men's foil (30 fencers, six bids):
Alexander Mills, 3rd *
David Mandle, 13th
Gregory Kirschen, 14th
Clayton Flanders, 17th
Men's sabre (25 fencers, five bids):
John Stogin, T4th *
Thomas Abend, 10th
Craig Limoli, 11th
Paul Boswell, 21st